Canadian Solar Inc - Company Profile
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Canadian Solar Inc (Canadian Solar) is a provider of solar energy solutions. The company designs, develops and manufactures solar ingots, wafers, modules, cells, and other solar power products. A broad range of its solar modules find application in residential, commercial, and industrial solar power generation systems; and specialty solar products include customized solar modules that customers incorporate into their own products such as portable solar home systems. Canadian Solar serves distributors, project developers, system integrators and installers and EPC companies across Asia, America, Europe, and other regions. It has manufacturing facilities in China, Taiwan, Canada, Vietnam, Thailand, and Indonesia, among others. Canadian Solar is headquartered in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
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Products and Services
Products | Services | Brands |
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PV Modules | EPC | Canadian Solar |
Speciality Products | PV Testing | |
Rooftop PV System Kits | Test and Analysis | |
XYZ | XYZ | |
XYZ | XYZ | |
XYZ | XYZ |
History
History section provides information on new products, mergers, acquisitions, expansions, approvals, and many more key events.
Year | Event | Description |
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2023 | Corporate Changes/Expansions | In November, the company established a 5 GW solar PV wafer production facility in Chonburi, Thailand. |
2023 | Contracts/Agreements | In November, e-STORAGE was selected by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners to deliver its Summerfield battery storage project in South Australia. |
2023 | Plans/Strategy | In October, the company announced its plans to invest US$800 million to build a solar photovoltaic cell production facility at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville, Indiana, the US. |
Competitor Comparison
Key Parameters | Canadian Solar Inc | Trina Solar Co Ltd | JinkoSolar Holding Co Ltd | First Solar Inc | SunPower Corp |
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Headquarters | Canada | China | China | United States of America | United States of America |
City | Guelph | Changzhou | Shangrao | Tempe | Richmond |
State/Province | Ontario | Jiangsu | Jiangxi | Arizona | California |
No. of Employees | 18,423 | 23,077 | 46,511 | 5,500 | 4,710 |
Entity Type | Public | Public | Public | Public | Public |
Key Financial Charts
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Net Income Growth

Executives
Name | Position | Board | Since | Age |
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Shawn Qu | Chief Executive Officer; President; Chairman | Executive Board | 2001 | 59 |
Huifeng Chang | Chief Financial Officer; Senior Vice President; Director | Executive Board | 2020 | 57 |
Yan Zhuang | President - CSI Solar; Director | Executive Board | 2020 | 59 |
Jeffrey Kalikow | Chief Compliance Officer - Interim | Senior Management | 2023 | - |
Guangchun Zhang | Senior Vice President - Operations and Technology, CSI Solar | Senior Management | 2020 | - |
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